I have a stone driveway, will a snow blower work well ?
The drive way is 3/4 stone and shoveling has been rough. Will a snow blower work on on my driveway ?
The drive way is 3/4 stone and shoveling has been rough. Will a snow blower work on on my driveway ?
Not very well. You will be throwing gravel and I imagine the gravel will eventually ruin the blower.
will be rough too. i cant imagine it’s very good for the blades either. if you do use it, dont push it down into the bottom. i have to run mine over a place on my grass in order to open my gate. i just don’t push it down, but rather let it just glide across the top of the snow. it’s not horrible, but not ideal either.
Yes, but you will have some gravel to rake out of your lawn in the spring. I’m assuming you mean gravel. If it is stones placed like a patio, single stage with rubber paddles should work fine. If it is gravel,look for a design that you can tip back a little so it doesn’t scrape all the way to the surface. Some of the two stage blowers have a removable scraper blade. You could try removing it unless it upsets the balance of the machine. The single stage blowers with the spinning rubber paddles are probably the most likely to throw up a lot of gravel. Go to a small engines dealer that just sells mowers and blowers and ask for their opinion. They have probably had it come up many times before. Regarding shoveling, get a plastic shovel and tip the leading edge up a bit so as not to catch the stone. Leaving a little snow on the driveway won’t hurt a thing and it will evaporate away in a few days even in freezing temps.
I have a 300 ft. turn around stone drive, I’ve used my 24" Toro for years now. It does a great job. Mine is self propelled. I’ve sheared two bolts out of the blades in that period. No big deal. I’ll throw a stone now and then. I’ll never use anything else. Good luck….give it a try. Bill
You will want to adjust the shoes up so that it leaves about an inch of snow so you don’t pick up as much gravel. You will want to keep extra shear pins on hand because you WILL break some, most probably on the nastiest day of the year. Make sure you know how to change shear pins and have the tools you need handy. It sure beats shoveling!
No. Not very well. You need to find a way to keep the bottom raised so it won’t pick up all the gravel and toss it next door. Just go slow!